Dead or Alive Blu-ray Movie

Overview

Dead or Alive (1999)

In Tokyo's crime ridden Shinjuku district, emotionally and financially bankrupt Detective Jojima plays referee in a gangland turf war pitting the Japanese Yakuza Mafia against a bloodthirsty band of Chinese immigrant gangsters. But Jojima's obligation to his terminally ill daughter and ruthless Chinese mobster Ryuichi's sentimental devotion to his ersatz family of misfit assassins threatens to add their own corpses to the landslide of fresh bodies littering Tokyo.

Starring: Shô Aikawa (II), Renji Ishibashi, Riki Takeuchi, Shingo Tsurumi, Ren Ôsugi
Director: Takashi Miike

Foreign	100%
Crime	13%
Thriller	Insignificant

Specifications

• Video

  Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
  Video resolution: 1080p
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  

• Audio

  Japanese: LPCM 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
  

• Subtitles

  English SDH
  

• Discs

  Blu-ray Disc
  Single disc (1 BD)
  

• Playback

  Region A (B, C untested)

Review

Dead or Alive Blu-ray Movie Review

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  Dead or Alive Blu-ray Movie  

  Arrow | 1999 | 105 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  In Tokyo's crime ridden Shinjuku district, emotionally and financially bankrupt Detective Jojima plays referee in a gangland turf war pitting the Japanese Yakuza Mafia against a bloodthirsty band of Chinese immigrant gangsters. But Jojima's obligation to his terminally ill daughter and ruthless Chinese mobster Ryuichi's sentimental devotion to his ersatz family of misfit assassins threatens to add their own corpses to the landslide of fresh bodies littering Tokyo.

  
  

  Crime / Thriller / Foreign